Or at least it feels like it. This morning the temperature has reached a near summer level of +9ºC (49ºF) with the lightest of breezes. That may sound cold, but, when the air is crystal clear and the wind is low (both being the case today), it feels truly hot – SO LONG AS one is in the sun! In the shade, the temperature is a true nine degrees.
So I took the camera for a little walk, wearing the same clothes as in the house, and was soon feeling sweaty as I walked about taking in the light. So here are some pictures of that special Orkney light.
The trees are just beginning to bud, but for now are still razor-sharp zigs and zags against the blue of the sky.
The old harbour-master's house and its WWII appendage
West End House, one of my favorite buildings in the Hope.
More twigs on sky
The propellor by the bus-stopping place on Cromarty Square
Smiddybanks – one of the loveliest houses in the Hope
The steps up to it from the port road (not the main way to access it!)
So nothing special, just St Margaret's Hope on a particularly fine day.